Hog-nose ring



' (No Model.)

G. COLLINS. HOG NOSE RING.

No. 273,960. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE COLLINS, OF LA GRANGE, IOWA.

" HOG-NOSE RING.

SPECIFICATION formingart of-Letters Patent No. 273,960, dated March 13, 1883. I

a Application filed July 21,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, GEORGE Counts, of La Grange, in the county of Lucas and State 'of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Hog-Nose Rings; and I a do hereby declare that the following is a clear hog-nose rings which are provided with sharp points to prevent the hog from rooting 0r lifting anything with its snout, while it does not interfere with the hogs feeding; and it consists in the improved construction of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully-shown and described. e

In the accompanying drawings, the letterB indicates a ring made of stout wire, the ends -of which are introduced through the upper part ofthe snout G of the hog and brought to gether so as to remain there. Hanging from this ring is a metal plate, A, preferably made of steel, which has an eye, D, through which the ring passes. The plate is cut in one piece out of a piece of sheet metal, audits lower part, E, is bent at right angles, or nearly so, to the plate, andcut to form two sharp points, F F b When the device is to be applied the ringis introduced through the snout of the hog, and the plate hung on the ring in such a manner that'the points will turn in toward the nostrils of the hog, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the ends of the ring are brought together'to secure the device. It will now be impossible for the hog to press its snout againsta-nything, either in rooting orin trying to lift or overturn any- 'thing, as the inwardly-bent points will be pressed against the snout and cause pain.

I am aware of the existence of nose-rings which are intended to have the same results; but

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The hog-nose ring consisting of the ring B, adapted to be introduced through the snout of the hog, and the plate A, cut out of one piece of sheet'metal, and consisting of the eye D, the plate proper, and the bifurcated part E, bent at right angles to the plate, and having the points F, adapted to press againstithe snout of the hog, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

GEORGE COLLINS.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. CoLLINs, EPHRAIM S'roUT. 

